Job Description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This role is with Starship, a division of Optum Financial focused on making benefits better through human-centered design and product innovation. Our mission is to unify and elevate the user experience for a range of products including HSAs, FSAs and lifestyle benefits. We believe the experience of using benefits should be simple, modern and fun, and we\xe2\x80\x99re dedicated to bringing that vision to life. Our products are forward-thinking, and our company culture is no different. We\xe2\x80\x99re a small, creative, nimble team that knows how to get work done\xe2\x80\x94and have fun. We\xe2\x80\x99ve got the inspirational spark of a startup combined with the trusted expertise of a Fortune 5 company. And we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for bright, like-minded humans to join the party.

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a Sr Product Manager with fintech experience to work closely with all teams across Starship (including banking, design, sales and engineering) to build out new features that solve our users\xe2\x80\x99 most important health savings problems. Each Sr Product Manager may lead across multiple smaller product squads \xe2\x80\x93 each composed of product management, engineering, and designer roles that owns a specific product area end-to-end.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere in the US, preferably in New York, as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Gather and translate user problems as inputs for setting the product vision and strategy

• Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, business impact, performance, and post-launch support

• Provide the leadership required to help them be successful

• Develop and manage the high-level product roadmap with input from product leadership and other stakeholders

• Remove blockers, and work with product leadership to ensure your squad is operating at its highest potential

• Be a subject matter expert, disseminate information across the organization, and have strategic influence

• Find, create and present key metrics and data to support your decisions

• Independently manage product initiatives

You\xe2\x80\x99ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Years of post-high school education can be substituted/is equivalent to years of experience.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in a product management role

• 4+ years of professional experience in product management managing successful product definition, market analysis, prototyping, launch, go-to-market strategy, and post-launch roadmap

• Experience defining projects and requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinating projects across teams

• Experience working with technical cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering, UI/UX, Program Management, etc.) and cross-organization teams

• Experience communicating product strategy to a number of different stakeholders and levels of the organization

• Experience in both mobile and web applications

• Experience interacting with technical talent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in consumer healthcare products

• Experience working in financial services

• Experienced partnering directly with engineers and designers, demonstrating a passion for detail and process

• Proven willingness and drive to work in a fast-paced startup environment

• Proven solid leadership skills and initiative to lead a technical workstream independently

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group\xe2\x80\x99s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000 per year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you\xe2\x80\x99ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone\xe2\x80\x93of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income\xe2\x80\x93deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes \xe2\x80\x94 an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment

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